We're truly grateful for your visit to our team page!
Our team is walking with purpose this year—celebrating 30 incredible years of The Children's Heart Foundation funding research that saves lives! Every 15 minutes in the United States, a baby is born with a congenital heart defect, making CHDs the most common birth defect in our country. For three decades, CHF has been the driving force behind the treatments and surgical advances that have transformed survival rates and given countless children with CHD the chance to thrive.
The Congenital Heart Walk is dedicated to making this impact continue. Our mission is clear—we aim to raise funds to support The Children's Heart Foundation's quest to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of CHDs by funding groundbreaking research that improves outcomes, reduces complications, and helps Heart Warriors live longer, healthier lives.
We invite you to join our team in honoring this legacy. By supporting our team or walking with us, you're contributing to research that can save and enhance the lives of infants born with CHDs, as well as children and adults living with these conditions. Together, we're part of a 30-year story of hope—and we're writing the next chapter. Your support makes a significant impact, and for that, we want to say a heartfelt thank you.
Will you join us in making a real difference? Please consider supporting our team or walking with us. Every step we take together celebrates how far we've come and funds the miracles still ahead.
Emma Faye is a three-year-old #HeartWarrior who was diagnosed prenatally with Tetralogy of Fallot and Pulmonary Atresia. Emma went into respiratory distress when she was born, and was swept away to the NICU and then the CCVCU, where she had her first open heart surgery (BTT shunt) at 7 days old. Emma came home for the first time at 3 weeks old. Since then, she had her first cardiac catheterization at 5 months, her full TOF/PA repair via open heart surgery at 15 months old, her second cath in October 2024, and her third cath to address some persistent narrowing in May of 2025! We're hoping that 2026 can be her first year without any procedures.
You’d never know the battle she’s been through unless you saw her scars. She is a spunky, smart, funny, beautiful, strong, brave, and otherwise a perfect little three year old warrior. She loves singing, dancing, going to the park, playing with her little brother Brandon, and regular toddler shenanigans. She is so loved by her family and friends. We have promised to do whatever they can to support the CHD community in her honor!